If your child is having difficulty moving and it’s interfering with his or her daily activities, he or she may need physical therapy. A physical therapist (PT) can help relieve pain and teach your child exercises that will help him or her regain strength and range of motion. A therapist can also help your child
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Every year, about 200,000 Americans require surgery to repair an injury to the rotator cuff—a group of four muscles that help you lift and rotate your arm—which affects more than half of people older than 65. But many of those surgeries may not be necessary. In new research published in Bone and Joint Journal, physical
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During the winter, it’s easy to become a couch potato. The short, cold days and snow and ice keep many of us away from the gym for months. Now that summer is just around the corner, you may be ready to hit the treadmill or stationery bike again. Unfortunately, many people get injured when they’re
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When Wendy first saw Dr. James Coomber at Advanced Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, she’d given up on feeling like herself again. “An orthopedic surgeon told me that he couldn’t do anything for me, and I’d have to live with my pain,” says Wendy, 42, who suffers from a genetic condition that causes chronic muscle spasms
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